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Gorsuch, J. talks of a credal nation. Pennsylvania was established by Quakers. The Society of Friends trace the history of their Crusade against Spiritual Blindness to July 6, 1415 and the last moments John Hus ‘suffered in the flames at Constance in Germany.’
Even older is the Illuminatio interna (or the Light Within), the flare of Eternal Wisdom into the World of Time (John 1:9). The Discipline of the Quakers is acquired, and it’s here they differ most from others: it’s less a difference in Theory than in Practice.
A letter to Thomas Whitehead, February 10, 1748, John Wesley found a several points in which Quakerism differs from Christianity, the ‘manifest difference’ being in the equal voice of women to teach Quaker Doctrine.
"Vericool World LLC, a cooler manufacturer, claims Igloo Products Corporation said something uncool—wrongfully taking credit as the first to market a
biodegradable cooler." So begins Judge Nelson in a copyright dispute. Nelson notes the best claim was waived. Uncool!
biodegradable cooler." So begins Judge Nelson in a copyright dispute. Nelson notes the best claim was waived. Uncool!
Judge Bumatay dissents, with a reference to the classic ship of Theseus. He would find that Vericool can take the Igloo to court. Alas, he missed an opportunity to cite the Eighth Circuit classic for the Theseus proposition, White v. NFL.
Read the opinion and dissent here: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opin…
Read Judge Wollman's classic here: cases.justia.com/federal/appell…
Read Judge Wollman's classic here: cases.justia.com/federal/appell…
Here's what happened day 3 of the 57th 9/11 pretrial hearings at Guantanamo Bay.
Prosecutor Trivett continued his arguments against suppressing statements made by Khalid Shaikh Mohammad to the FBI in 2007 following his 3.5 year CIA incommunicado detention and torture.
Commissions called to order shortly after 0900. Defendants bin Atash and al Hawsawi waived right to attend today. Ammar al Baluchi was in an adjacent facility where he could view the proceedings via CCTV. Mohammad was in court.
An historic concert. The Pogues in 2012, at L'Olympia, Paris. Shane kicks it off with "Streams of whiskey". A strong start, but it gets better afterwards.
"The boys from the County Hell"
The Irish Famine and emigration in one song.
"Thousands are sailing"
"Thousands are sailing"
This incredible paper uncovers massive collusion between Indian textile firms to hold down wages. This collusion is enabled by "pro-worker" laws making it hard to hire and fire. Instead, a higher minimum wage would actually increase output and wages. 1/
Identifying collusion is one of the perennial problems of industrial organization, and we have not come to a satisfactory general test. The problem is that you cannot easily identify the way in which firms compete without knowing their costs.
Borrowing from Bresnahan 1982, for every set of prices and quantities explainable by collusion against some known demand curve with a set of marginal costs, I can give you another set of marginal costs which explains the prices under competition.
Michael Forest & The Alien Carvings: 5 Years of Discoveries, Science & Hidden Truths from Mexico... via @YouTube
Tula Hidalgo ancient tomb discovery Mexico, alien angel and squid face iconography at the 14’ level
We Documented a Year of Excavations in Tula — The Evidence Changed Everything
Most direct mail in storage acquisitions fail because operators send one letter and quit.
Here's the 4-letter cadence that actually works - and the real numbers from my pipeline. 🧵
Here's the 4-letter cadence that actually works - and the real numbers from my pipeline. 🧵
The 4-Letter Year:
Q1: Friendly intro. "I'd love to buy your facility someday."
Q2: Check-in. "Still interested if you're ready."
Q3: Value angle. "I close in 30 days. No inspection contingency. No broker."
Q4: The breakup. "Final letter. Still want to buy."
Q1: Friendly intro. "I'd love to buy your facility someday."
Q2: Check-in. "Still interested if you're ready."
Q3: Value angle. "I close in 30 days. No inspection contingency. No broker."
Q4: The breakup. "Final letter. Still want to buy."
The breakup letter is the one that converts.
Real numbers:
3-4% response rate
Most calls come on letter 3 or 4
$1,350 all-in per 1,000 letters
Typical year: 1 facility bought + 1 wholesale assignment
Real numbers:
3-4% response rate
Most calls come on letter 3 or 4
$1,350 all-in per 1,000 letters
Typical year: 1 facility bought + 1 wholesale assignment
Ukraine is building a Hague tribunal for Putin, Lukashenko, and Russia’s top leadership — while demanding over $1T in reparations from Russia.
Iryna Mudra, deputy head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office: “Accountability is not a subject of bargaining in peace talks,” EP. 1/
Iryna Mudra, deputy head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office: “Accountability is not a subject of bargaining in peace talks,” EP. 1/
Russia repeatedly demanded immunity.
During talks in 2022 and in its recent 28-point “peace plan,” Moscow pushed for lifting sanctions, ending court cases, and granting amnesty for Russian leadership and war crimes. 2/
During talks in 2022 and in its recent 28-point “peace plan,” Moscow pushed for lifting sanctions, ending court cases, and granting amnesty for Russian leadership and war crimes. 2/
Tribunal moves from politics to implementation. Council of Europe ministers will finalize legal creation of the court in Chisinau on May 14-15. It will operate in Hague.
Mudra: “A tribunal for Putin.” 3/
Mudra: “A tribunal for Putin.” 3/
🧵In July 2024 I broke news that the BMA was planning to vote on a motion to "disavow" the Cass Review & work with others to oppose implementation of its recommendations. Nearly two years' later, the union has officially dropped its opposition, after conducting its own review.
This followed backlash from members, including resignations. Today, 18 months after it was due, the BMA review's lead author told The Times, Cass had been “vindicated in the way she approached the data” & the union did not oppose a single recommendation
However, division endures. BMJ reports that while the report concluded evidence base for puberty suppression & hormones is "limited and uncertain", the BMA remains critical of Gov's response to Cass, e.g. the decision to ban puberty blockers for under 18s. bmj.com/content/393/bm…
Sir Francis Rose, an English artist & lover of Nazi SA leader Ernst Röhm, partied with Evan Tredegar and Lord Mountbatten at Bad Wiessee, where Evan Tredegar performed after-dinner black magic entmt. Decades later, Rose appeared in Kenneth Anger's Lucifer Rising as "Lord Chaos."
"Peter Churchill was over eighty & remarkably agile when Sir Goerge Terry's Sussex Police came to the house I shared w/ Peter, to interview us about the twelve year old boy murdered near the church where I had seen Evan Tredegar and Francis Rose celebrate the black mass in 1944."
Sources:
1. The Dust Has Never Settled by Robin Bryans
2. Anger: The Unauthorized Biography of Kenneth Anger by Bill Landis
1. The Dust Has Never Settled by Robin Bryans
2. Anger: The Unauthorized Biography of Kenneth Anger by Bill Landis
1/ A senior Russian official has condemned Amazon's 'Fallout' TV series for rotting the brains of the Russian people. He calls for what amounts to an uplifting Russian version of 'Fallout' as a corrective. Russian commentators are scornful about what they call his "nonsense". ⬇️
2/ The Russian newspaper Vedemosti reports that Alexey Semenov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Directorate for Monitoring and Analysis of Social Processes, says Russia needs a "state order for a bright future".
3/ In an article, "The Architecture of the Future – Constructing Meanings," published in issue No. 5 of the journal "Gosudarstvo" ('State'), Semenov specifically calls out the US TV shows 'Fallout' and 'Paradise' for criticism.
